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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff aka BOLT" data-source="post: 114549" data-attributes="member: 184"><img src="http://ridersonline.org/images/smiles/notworthy.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />First: KILLER RR JOHN !&nbsp; &nbsp;Second: Advise NOT asked for... (so it's only worth what you paid for it)&nbsp;The only one real solution to hating switch backs is to learn to ride them without anxiety.&nbsp; You may never love them... but you can make them a non-issue. My method when bothered by a particular terrain is to just ride the snot out of it. When I feel those anxiety pangs, I try to find the time to spend the day doing it. You can master switchbacks in ONE or TWO days if you do this. I go knowing I am going to hate it... by the end of the day you feel like you grew 2 feet !&nbsp;I am no great rider... in fact, my next lesson is going to be drifting. I hate slippery fire roads. I get to the end of a killer trail in Big Bear in front of others... and on the fire roads they end up waiting for me cause I feel like I am gonna lose the front end on every curve. So I need to plan to go spend a day drifting big circles on hard flat dirt. I'll work on drifting left and right. I'll fall 7 times. I'll start feeling it. Then I'll start making bigger and small circles...&nbsp; I'll go faster and faster... and fall 7 times more. By the end of the day that will be the END of my fire road phobia !&nbsp;This approach has allowed me to overcome my issues and ride just about anywhere without limiting where I CAN ride... and where I am WILLING to ride.&nbsp; Sand issues... hill climbing issues... down hill issues... cliff side issues... switchback issues... can all be handled the same way. Commit to the problem and it is solved very quickly and you become a better rider.&nbsp; Take a friend...&nbsp; GoPRO it...&nbsp; cheer each other on.&nbsp; You'll make something you thought sucked into a pile of fun.&nbsp;Anyway it works for me... maybe it can help other switchback haters. <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumb.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" />&nbsp;Advise NOT asked for... complete. <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/prof.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":prof:" title="Professor&nbsp; &nbsp; :prof:" data-shortname=":prof:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff aka BOLT, post: 114549, member: 184"] [IMG]http://ridersonline.org/images/smiles/notworthy.gif[/IMG] First: KILLER RR JOHN ! Second: Advise NOT asked for... (so it's only worth what you paid for it) The only one real solution to hating switch backs is to learn to ride them without anxiety. You may never love them... but you can make them a non-issue. My method when bothered by a particular terrain is to just ride the snot out of it. When I feel those anxiety pangs, I try to find the time to spend the day doing it. You can master switchbacks in ONE or TWO days if you do this. I go knowing I am going to hate it... by the end of the day you feel like you grew 2 feet ! I am no great rider... in fact, my next lesson is going to be drifting. I hate slippery fire roads. I get to the end of a killer trail in Big Bear in front of others... and on the fire roads they end up waiting for me cause I feel like I am gonna lose the front end on every curve. So I need to plan to go spend a day drifting big circles on hard flat dirt. I'll work on drifting left and right. I'll fall 7 times. I'll start feeling it. Then I'll start making bigger and small circles... I'll go faster and faster... and fall 7 times more. By the end of the day that will be the END of my fire road phobia ! This approach has allowed me to overcome my issues and ride just about anywhere without limiting where I CAN ride... and where I am WILLING to ride. Sand issues... hill climbing issues... down hill issues... cliff side issues... switchback issues... can all be handled the same way. Commit to the problem and it is solved very quickly and you become a better rider. Take a friend... GoPRO it... cheer each other on. You'll make something you thought sucked into a pile of fun. Anyway it works for me... maybe it can help other switchback haters. :thumb: Advise NOT asked for... complete. :prof: [/QUOTE]

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